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• Interestingly, there are several different themes that run through many of these ideas. These include a willingness to experiment and take a risk, coupled with an ability to understand the root causes of an issue and do something distinctive. Simplicity and an understanding of the need to be practical and implement the idea are also common features...
• This focuses on the coachee’s aims and priorities. It sets the agenda for the coaching conversation. The coach should be flexible and prepared to explore, question and challenge.
• Questions include: •  What is your goal? •  What are your priorities? •  What are you trying to achieve? •  How will you know when you have achieved it? •  Is the goal specific and measurable? •  How will you know when it has been achieved? •  What will success look like?
• Questions include: •  Can you control the result? What don’t you have control over? •  What are the milestones or key points to achieving goals? •  Who is involved and what effect could they have? •  What have you done so far, and what are the results? •  What are the major issues you are encountering?
• Questions include: •  What options do you have? Which do you favour and why? •  If you had unlimited resources, what options would you have? •  Could you link your goal to another organizational issue? •  What would be the perfect solution?